Safeguarding For matters relating to the safeguarding of vulnerable persons in our parish, or for information relating to DBS recruitment procedures, please email safeguarding.sdhth@hallam-diocese.com or text/phone 0780 117 7483. Our Safeguarding Representative is Dominic Maloney. In emergency situations where vulnerable persons are at imminent risk of harm, please phone 999.
Teas & Coffees After Mass  Each Sunday after the 11am Mass there is an opportunity to get together with other parishioners over a cup of coffee or tea. This is an important way of building and strengthening the parish community, so please join us – whether you’re a regular member of the congregation or a visitor. Refreshments are served in the Parish Hall, and we look forward to getting to know you better. All welcome! A few more helpers would be very much appreciated.
Pastoral Letter from Bishop Marcus
Job Vacancies For details of school job vacancies please visit https://hallam-diocese.com/schools-home/schools-vacancies/
A Call to Share your Faith: Join Our Catechist Team Do you have a heart for sharing your faith with others? We are launching a special initiative to recruit, renew, and support the dedicated individuals who walk alongside others on their journey of faith. Whether you have years of experience or are simply curious about how you can help, we invite you to be part of one of our sacramental preparation teams. We are seeking volunteers for:
  • Baptism & Marriage preparation
  • Children’s Liturgy
  • First Holy Communion & Confirmation for young people
  • RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults)
Formation & Commissioning We will be hosting a Formation Day to equip you with the tools, training, and spiritual support needed for these ministries There will then be Commissioning Masses where we will formally bless and commission our new and existing catechists. Being a catechist is not only about teaching; it is about accompanying others as they encounter Christ. Resources will be provided to ensure you feel confident and supported. Further details to follow later in the year.
Encounter School of Ministry Sheffield – Launching September 2026, a dynamic two-year training journey rooted in long-term discipleship, designed to teach, equip, and activate believers to demonstrate the love of God through the power of the Holy Spirit. Through teaching, small groups, worship, and activations, you will learn to step out in faith, grow in the gifts of healing and prophecy, and make the supernatural life of the Spirit a natural part of everyday life. Join a community pursuing transformation, breakthrough, and the call to do the “greater works” Jesus promised. For more information and enrolment: encounterschool.org/sheffield

Hallam Lourdes Pilgrimage 2026

Bookings are now being taken for the Hallam Pilgrimage to Lourdes, 26th June to 2nd July.  The cost is £1010, to include flights from Leeds Bradford to Lourdes, 6 nights accommodation, full board and insurance. There will be a full religious programme led by Bishop Ralph.  The theme this year is  ‘Hail, full of grace’.  For bookings see  www.tangney-tours.com/hallam, or call 01732 886666. For further information call  01302 247910 or 07724 650066 or email lourdesoffice@hallam-diocese.com.  Paper booking forms are now available from the back of the church. Please note there are two parts to the forms; an application form which is to be returned to Tangney Tours and a Health Form to be returned to the Hallam Pastoral Office – address below: Hallam Lourdes Pilgrimage Office, Hallam Pastoral Centre, St. Charles Street, Sheffield S9 3WUA Holy Hour For Life (Adoration): Mother of God Church, Abbeydale Road, S7 1DX.  Last Saturday of the month after the 10am Mass.
A Holy Hour For Life (Adoration): Mother of God Church, Abbeydale Road, S7 1DX.  Last Saturday of the month after the 10am Mass.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (“the assisted dying bill”) — a Private Member’s Bill (PMB) to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales — failed to  complete its passage through the House of Lords before the end of the 2024–26 parliamentary session. Supporters are therefore expected to seek the bill’s reintroduction in the next session. There are many concerns identified when the bill was previously considered including:

1) the risk of devaluing the lives of specific groups of people,

2) the impact on people who feel a burden,

3) the difficulty in accurately identifying an individual’s prognosis,

4) the difficulty of ensuring capacity and consent,

5) the difficulty of elder abuse and coercion which doctors can’t easily assess,

6) the impact on trust between doctors and patients,

7) the impact on palliative care service funding and practice

8) its failure to respect the sacredness of life

Please join calls to defend life until natural death and to ask our MPs to act morally and to look at more ethical options to support those living with pain, disability or illness. Right to Life have an easy tool to message your MP which takes seconds. Please take this urgent action now. 

CAFOD: Stand with Sudan.

On the third anniversary of the war in Sudan, Kayode Akintola, CAFOD’s Head of Region for Africa, asks for your help:

“So many of our sisters and brothers in Sudan are facing increasing violence, hunger, and disease. That is why today, I’m asking you to consider setting up a regular gift to support families who are fleeing the violence – with food, safe water and other vital support. Monthly gifts are an act of steady love for our neighbours, a way of saying: we will not abandon you, we will stand with you until peace is restored.” Donate at cafod.org.uk/StandWithSudan